Window frame and sash.



`.(1. .L HOLZER.

wmpow FRAME AND sAsH. APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 9. 1908. 934,53()n Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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CHARLES J. HOLZER, 0F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

WINDOW FRAME AND SASH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2t. sans.

Application tiled November 9; 1908. Serial No. 461,706.'

To HZ! whom. 4'iif may concern: E Be it known that I, CHARLES J, IloLznn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of IOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and i useful Improvements in Window Frames; and Saslies, of which the following is a specilic-ation.

My vinvention relates to window frames and saslies; and one of its objects is to provide a metallic window frame constructed with a view of permitting ready asseiiiblage of parts, aud well adapted to withstand the usage to which such devices are ordinarily subjected.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a sash embodying simple and etticient metallic ineans for fastening and holding firinly-grippul one or 'more panesof glass or equivalent material. i

Other objects and advantageous. features of the invention will be fully understood from the following description. and claims when'the same are read in connection with the dawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is an inside elevation illustrating g a window trame and a vertically sliding l I sash constructed in accordance with my invcntion. 'Fig'. 2 is a view of one side stile of the window frame, showing the outer side of said stile. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged, detail views of parts of the side stile herein after specifically referred to. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a portion of the. stile, taken in the plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are enlarged detail views of'my novel sliding sash, taken in the planes indicated by the lines 6-6. 7-7 and 88, respectively, of Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views lof the drawings.

The window frame A is preferably made of sheet-metal, and its side Stiles are con` strueted iii the manner illustrated iii Figs;V 9. to '.llie stiles being identical in coiistructionla detailed description of the one shown in said figures will suffice. to impart a definite understanding of both. rlhe said stile, l1`igs.'-2 to .Wis preferably formed in sections, asf'shown in Fig. 5, and-is provided in its upper portion with openings a," and with tlie-said openings a are registered open ings r in a reinforcing plate H2, which reinforcing plate il* isdesigned to carry pulleys I, see dotted lines in Fig. l, and is/provided with bolt holes 'and also with nut rests s. The plate H2 is arranged at the side of the stile remote from the sash, and is connected to the stile by bolts t which have 5 theirheads kerfed and. countersunk in ,the 2 face ofthe stilev and are provided haelt of the stile with nutsu Whioli aredropped into the nut. rests s after being passed through the openings a and are thereby held against turning during the turning of the bolts. p

In its inner wall the side stile is provided with vertical grooves o, the backs of which are shown in. Fig. 1, designed to receive parting strips fw, preferably of metal; and l prefer to connect the saidlparting strips to the said wall of the stile in the manner shown in Figs. 2 tov st that is to say, I provide each parting strip w with a plurality of countersunk holes. @fand I. also provide in the. grooves. o of the stile. a plurality of nutrests y inwhich are. arranged nuts a for the engagement of threaded bolts J. The nuts e. are dropped in4 the holders y2 of the l iiutrrests 1 and the bolts are turned through the parting strips w and into the nuts, and in the event of repairs being necessary, the bolts can be turned` out of the nuts and the parting strips, after which the nuts can be l pushed out of the holders because of the openings inv the bottoms of the holders.

The side stile shown in Figs. 9. to 5. is preferably divided into. compartments by a vertical partition ci?, Fig. 5, and the open.'- ings of. the Weight. pockets' in. the. stile are closed by a plate X, Figs. 2 and. 5, which has 'a corresponding shape in orossyse'otionto the inner wall of the stile and is provided with an upper end Hangeextending inside of the opening X2 in the stile. at the upper end of the opening, and also with avlower end Harige which rests outside the opening at the lower end thereof. The plate Xis normally retained in position by the before mentioned parting strips, and when said` strips are removed, the plate X may be` readily disengaged from the stile'to afford ready access to the weigh-t pockets for repairs or for any other purpose.

It wil/lV be gathered.` from the foregoing that the4 manner ofieoiiiiecting the reinforcing plate H2, the parting strips fw and the closure plate X is such that there is no liail@ bility of said `parts casually Working loose,

'mentioned may be expeditiously and easily diff-:connected from the stile.

I have shown but one sash B in the win dow frame, but it is obvious that in practice the window frame will carry two sashes B in the ordinary well known manner.

i i l l l i per and lower and side bars each comprise a sheet-metal mayor section K havinga prof jection L, Figs. clamping strip M at the opposite side ot one or more panes of N, with reference to the projection la. and having a Afolded portion the bight M3 7 and 8, a sheet-metal` designed to be arranged of which is opposed to the glass, and bolts 1l l 'extending through the projection L and the strip M and equipped with nuts It. Said sash B is also peculiar in that it comprises one or more inunt ins of the type shown in Figs. l and (i-tliat is to say, a muntin having` mitered ends neatly fitting the upper and lower bars of the sash, and made up of members S and T, oi sheet-metal, constructed to telescope one in the other, Fig. t3, so as to receive between them panes of glass of ditl'erent thicknesses, and to be clamped against opposite .sides oiE the panes by bolts Il equipped `with nuts V. It will also be observed that the members S and T have folded or bont portions the bights M3 ot which opposed to the glass, such :ir-

rangement being' advantageous inasmuch as it lessons the liability of the glass being scratched or broken.

The upper bar of the sash is shown iu Fig. S and one ot' the side bars is shown in Fig. T, and by reference to said figures and coinparison thereof it will be ol'iserved that the sidi"l hai' li dii'l'ers from the upper bar K only in that said side bar is preferably toi-ined in thi-ee pieces ot' sheet-metal instead ot in one piece.

fis will be understood from the foregoing the window frame of my improvements is constructed in such a manner as to facilitate l the securing of sashes -in the frame and the removal of sashes 'from the frame when necessity demands, and yet there is no liability of the sashesbeing casually displaced while the window traine and sashcs are in use.

It will also be understood that by virtue l (low frame having bolt holes in its side stile,l l a reinforcing plate arranged against the sity demands the panes may be readily re i moved and as readily replaced with new The sash shown is peculiar in that its uppanes.

The construction herein 'shown and de-, scribed constitutes the best practical enibodiinent of my invention of which I am cognizant, but it is obvious that in the Yfuture practice of the invention such changes in the torni, construction and yrelative, arrangement of parts may be made as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination of a sheet-metal win stile and havin@i bolt holes registered with those of the stile and also havingl nut rests extending rearwardly and at right angles from its back and arranged at right angles o each other and with their meetinlgr ends slightly below the bolt holes, angular nuts seated between and'held against turning by the rests, and bolts turned through the stile and plate and into the nuts.

2. The combination in a window frame, of a sheet-metal side stile having a vertical groove in its inner wall, a plate arrangeddn the groove and having end portions fixedly connectedto the back wall thereof and also having an apertured intermediate portion separated by an intervening space from said back wall, a nut rest carried by and in front. of said apertured portion of the plate and iaving a flange at its lower end, a nut in said rest, a. parting'st'rip, and a bolt extendnut in the rest and through the aperture in the intermediate portion of the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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l/Vitnesses: l

JOHN OHLER, Gno. W. KENDALL. 

